Gowdy: If We Have to, We'll Subpoena Rice to Testify About Unmasking

Susan Rice, the former National Security Advisor to President Obama, is refusing to testify before a Senate Subcommittee next week on....

Rice was invited to testify only by the Republican chairman of the subcommittee, and not by the top Democrat on the panel, her lawyer said. Rice objected to the fact that she had not received a bipartisan invitation.

While she was national security adviser, Rice requested the unmasking of some names in US intelligence reports. She is uniquely positioned to help us better understand the issues that will be discussed Monday. And he said he wants to learn what she did to unmask identities of Americans.

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 4, 2017Rice, a national security adviser under former President Obama, declined an invitation from Sen.

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Trump tweeted Thursday that it is "not good" that Susan Rice is choosing not to attend. Her testimony would only waste time and distract from the investigation into Russia's interference for Trump during the 2016 election.

"I want to know about unmasking", he said.

Those officials were caught up in USA intelligence surveillance of the foreign officials and had their identities unmasked after at first being referred to anonymously in the intelligence records.

Describing Rice as a "very important witness", he observed that the choice of who testifies and who does not is out of her hands and his. But she has become a key former Obama administration official in a position to answer questions from lawmakers. Moreover, Chairman Graham's invitation was extended only after the hearing was noticed, less than two weeks before the hearing was scheduled to occur, and without consultation with Ambassador Rice, a professional courtesy that would customarily be extended to any witness.